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SMOKE CONDUCTOR.

No. 453,379. Patented June 2, 1891.

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C. D. TILLISON. SMOKE CONDUCTOR.

Patented June 2', 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES TILLISON, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SMOKE-CONDUCTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters'Patent No. 453,379, dated June 2, 1891.

Application inea nach 23,1891.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES D. TrLLIsoN,

of the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Smoke and Cinder Conveyers for Railway-Cars, of which the following 4is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in smoke and cinder conveyers for railway-cars; and it consists in the novel arrangement and combination of parts, asvwill be more fully hereinafter described, and designated in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of my invention as applied functionally to railway-cars. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig, 3 is an end view of a car, showing my invention applied to the same; and Fig. 4 is a detail view showing the manner in which part of my invention is applied to the smoke-stack.

The object of my invention is to construct a device for preventing the products of combustion-such as smoke, cinders, soot, duc.- issuing from the smoke-stack of the locomotive from entering lthe doors or windows of the moving train.

lVhile embodying this essential feature, I desire to so construct my device that it is easily detachable from the smoke-stack, and it is not necessary to change, essentially, the location of the parts of my invention when the train moves in opposite direction. It can also be readily perceived that by the peculiar construction of the pipes of the conveyer Where the same join they are adapted to. gather air and create a draft through the conveyer, and consequently remove efectually all the products of combustion that may enter the conveyer.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates a Smoke-stack of ordinary construction as carried by an ordinary locomotive, and 2 indicates the top of the cab of the saine.

3 indicates an approximately S -shaped joint, with a front portion of the same dared divergingly, the same adapted to fit snugly over the top of the smoke-stack.

Any suitable mechanical constructionmay be employed that will create a perfect joint serial No. 386.092. (No moda.)

where the S-shaped joint and smoke-stack meet, so that no products of combustion can escape at the joint. Said S-shaped joint 3 is adapted to be removed from the smoke-stack `from the cab in a manner as will be more fully hereinafter described. Of course this construction is absolutely necessary, for when the locomotive is standing still there is no need of the conveyer being placed over'the smoke-stack of the same.

v4 vindicates a stationary pi pe,.which is firmly secured to the top 2 of the cab in any-suitable and mechanical manner. Thefront portion of said pipe is provided with a funnel= shaped portion 5, in which the end of the S-shaped joint 3 is adapted to slip. The rear end of the S-shaped joint 3 is of smaller diameter than the funnel-shaped portion-501i pipe 4, so that when pipe 3 is placed in said funnel-shaped portion there is sufficient space for the air to enter, as indicated by arrow `6, thereby creating a draft through the pipe 4. Pipe 3 is provided with a perforated lug 7, to which is pivotally secured a lever 8.

9 indicates a band which is secured to smoke-stack 1 in any suitable and mechanical manner. Said band is provided with a perforated arm 10, to which lever 8 is pivot-ally secured. The lower arrn 11 of lever S is pivotally secured to an operating handle 12, which passes back and is adapted to be-operated from the cab. By this construction it can be readily perceived that when the operating-handle 12 is pushed forward the S- shaped pipe or joint 3 will be removed from its seat on smoke-stack 1 and pushed backward into the funnel-shaped portion 5, thereby throwing the smoke-stack in communication with the open air. Of course when it is desired to place the S-shaped joint on the smokestack the operation should be reversed-that is, the operator should pull handle 12 toward him.

13 indicates a straight pipe, which is adapted to slip over pipe 4 in a forward direction or to slip backward in a funnel-shaped portion 14 of the pipe 15, or, if necessary, pipe 13 can be slipped backward in pipe 15, so as to remove pipe 13 out of the way when it is desired to supply the tender 16 with water at the water-tank. The funnel-shaped portion 14 has two functions: First, it allows the pipe IOO 13 to vibrate freely on an uneven track and around curves, and, second, it will gather sufiicient air to create a draft and force all the products of combustion back to the next pipe on the rear car, where a like construction is employed, and of course a like result follows.

Each car of the train should be provided with a like pipe, as 15, and put together as the construction shown in locating the pipes 13 and 15. The pipes are secured in anysuitable and mechanical manner on the roofs of the cars adjacent to the sides of the raised portion of the roofs, as shown in Fig. 3.

In order to prevent changing the pipes when the train moves in an opposite direction, I use a similar set of pipes, but having the funnel portions of the same in a reverse position to that as shown in Fig. 1 and as shown in Fig. 2; but in order to bring pipe et in the two mentioned constructions in a proper location relative to the S-shaped joint 3 I bend the pipe as shown in Fig. 2.

25 indicates a forked or bifurcated guide, which is secured to the smoke-stack in any suitable and mechanical manner. The joint 8 occupies an interposed position between the forks or bifurcations of said guide. The function of said guide is to guide joint 3 land prevent it from tilting laterally when same is desired to be placed on or moved from the smokestack.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a smoke and cinder conveyer for railway-cars, the combination, with pipe-sections which are located 011 the cars, of a section 4, located on the locomotive, means for connecting the latter section with the smokestack, and a section 13, removably and adjustably carried by supports upon the tender, the said section 13 being adapted to fit over the end of section 4 and to be slid into and conv tained within one of the sections on the cars when the tender is being lled, substantially as described.

2. In a smoke and cinc'ler eonveyer for railway-trains, a pipe carried bythe cars,a short pipe 3, one end of which is adapted to fit into the end of said First-mentioned pipe, the opposite end fitting over the top of the smokestack, guides 25, lying in the same plane as the upper edge of said stack, and means whereby the short pipe 3 may be operated on said guides to connect or disconnect the stack train-pipe, substantially as described.

3. In a smoke and cinder conveyer for railway-trains, a pipe carried by the cars, ashort pipe 3, one end of which is adapted to iit int-o the end of said irst-me11tioned pipe, the opposite end being placed and fitting over the top of the smoke-stack, guides 25 at the top of said stack, a lug 7 on pipe 3, a lever-8, pivoted thereto, a band i), carrying an arm 10, secured to the stack, the lever 8 being pivoted to arm 10, andan operating-rod 12, connected to the lower end of said lever, substantially as described.

1n testimony whereof I atix my signature iu presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES D. TILLSON. Witnesses:

C. F. KELLER, E. E. LONGAN. 

